Can you lose weight by just counting calories and not workin

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  • VVEXVVEX
    VVEXVVEX Posts: 132 Member
    Yep. As long as you're on a deficit you'll lose.

    If you only have brief periods of time for exercise I would suggest getting a set of weights. You can power through a lot of short exercises very quickly and weight training will help you to not lose muscle at the same time you lose fat. I'd say in order of importance it's 1) eat at a deficit, 2) lift weights, and a distant distant 3) cardio.

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  • iamlottiebee
    iamlottiebee Posts: 33 Member
    As everyone has said, yes you can lose weight by just counting calories, but if you want to work out at home, quietly so you don't disturb your neighbours trying searching google or youtube for at home workouts. There are 1000's available online that provide ideas for at home, no equipment required workouts that use your body weight for resistance. You can do things like high-knee running on the spot, mountain climbers, burpees, etc as cardio intervals, that kind of thing. Easy enough to do as long as you have enough floor space to lie a person down on, and no machinery means no noise for your neighbours to complain about!

    Good luck :)
  • Katmckee89
    Katmckee89 Posts: 11
    I'm hoping that for right now just counting calories will help me loose weight again too. :) I know for a fact that switching out soda with water helps tremendously.
  • 70davis
    70davis Posts: 348 Member
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  • tifarahmonteith
    tifarahmonteith Posts: 23 Member
    Yes, you will obviously lose weight, but a lot of it will be muscle loss and not fat loss!! If you want the weight that comes off to be fat and not muscle, you need to hold onto that muscle by exercising! So many people get to their goal weight only to find that they look worse because the skin kind of just hangs there loose. You need to put some muscle under that skin if you want to feel good once your goal weight is acheived!!

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